If you see someone calling a colorful bird polly and asking it if it wants a cracker, thats a parrot. This song actually has a really brutal, depressing, terrifying origin. Also the rapist is turning the girl into a bird instead of a human. The particular lyric polly wants a cracker has a double meaning as it is degrading to the girl to be compared to a parrot, but written to make it seem as though the girl was enjoying the rape in order for her to fool the kidnapper into dropping his guard.
When a black woman has a hankering for a white boy spankering. A teenage girl went to a rock concert, and while there she was kidnapped, raped, and tortured with a blowtorch. Polly was the invented name that kurt cobain use in the song. This is first attested by the 1611 play volpone by ben johnson, in which he wrote of a parrot named pol. Okay ohokay polly wants a cracker think i should get off her first i think she wants some water ian, youre gonna have to.
Polly nirvana song, the sixth song on nirvanas second album nevermind 1991, written by kurt cobain. Polly by nirvana the meaning polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first. Polly opera, with text by john gay and music by johann christoph pepusch, the sequel to gays the beggars opera. Urban dictionary and our advertising partners set cookies on your computer to. Polly meaning and origin of the name polly wikiname. Variation of the name molly, which comes from mary. She managed to escape by flirting with her captor to gain his tr. Polly wants a cracker maybe she would like some food she asks me to untie her a chase would be nice for a few. Polly definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The earliest quotation the oed gives for polly as a name or designation for a parrot is from ben jonsons epigrams, 1616. This song is about the actual kidnapping of a 14yearold. I also remember my grandfather pulling me aside one time, and telling me his deepest secret its ok.
Originally titled hitchhiker and later cracker, polly dates back to at least. Or to him her cries or screams at first just sound like polly wants a cracker, polly wants a cracker. Dictionary grammar blog school scrabble thesaurus translator quiz more resources more from collins. He also wrote the song dixie and is credited witht he song turkey in the straw. Polly was played many times in concert and album i think this song maybe got special meaning to kurt. Hed want to get his parrot up to speed with polly wants a cracker. To learn more about what data we collect and your privacy options, see our. Cracker meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. A parrot is a brightly colored tropical bird with a distinctly loud voice. Poily wants a cracker but i got to get off her first well. English chinese french german hindi italian portuguese spanish. An alternative to the nolongerfresh molly, the initial p gives polly a peppier sound, combining the cozy virtues of an oldtimey name with the bounce of a barmaid.
Get a polly wants a cracker mug for your mate james. While there are a number of sources that attribute the origin of this phrase. Polly is a diminutive of poll as a female name, and name for a parrot, and poll, altered from moll, familiar form of mary, is the traditional name for any parrot. Polly origin and meaning the name polly is a girls name of english origin. Their slogan for this new type of cracker was polly wants a cracker. What does polly wants a cracker mean, as in nirvanas song polly. This song is about the actual kidnapping of a 14yearold girl. Saltine crackers were mildly successful after being released, but received a huge boost in popularity thanks to the great depression. In a way this ties his name to that of polly, the parrot who testified in court in turnabout goodbyes. Polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first i think she wants some water to put out the blow torch it isnt me we have some seed let me clip your dirty wings. Polly wants a cracker, think she wants some water, maybe she would like more food. Polly is a song by the american alternative rock band nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist kurt cobain. Will he say specifically whether public funds on this scale will be available for the new cracker project which is.
And he himself brought her the goldenbrown bouillon, in a dainty sevres cup. Crackers definition of crackers by the free dictionary. The particular lyric polly wants a cracker has a double meaning as it is degrading to the girl to be compared to a parrot, but written to make it seem as though. It is the sixth song on their second album nevermind, released in september 1991. Polly by nirvana more so the explanation of the story polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first i think she wants some water to put out the blow torch isnt me, have a seed let me clip your dirty. My best recollections of polly are how big she was, how pretty her colors were, and the words i inevitably heard the minute i walked in the front door. The earliest known version is a home demo featuring cobain on. Any one know the meaning of the song polly by nirvana. Urban dictionary and our advertising partners set cookies on your computer to improve our site and the advertisements you see. Nirvana wouldnt be as silly as to write something stupid as the story of a raped girl.
This blog is about lyrics and their deeper meaning. Polly is the sixth song on nirvanas most successful album nevermind. What does polly wants a cracker mean, as in nirvanas. Polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first. To stay more comfortable, but can be a way to try to escape from that madness. Polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first i think she wants some water to put out the blow torch isnt me, have a seed let me clip dirty wings let me. Polly is a name thats been used by parents who are considering baby names for girls. Cracker definition of cracker by the free dictionary. To our and her knowledge, she has never had a parrot, cracker or pocket related joke. To complete the quest use rodrigos birdseed biscuit on runaway macaw flying in the area. If your meaning is successfully transferred, then you will not have to ask, because the response will be organic and natural, thus exemplifying the process of effective communication. Lyrics and video for the song polly by nirvana songfacts.
My dad taught my parrot to say polly wants a cracker. Rape me was about the media affecting him and is a metaphor, but was also written for womens rights. So my interpretation not knowing about the rape would be it is a prisoner that is being interrigated, for information, the first line polly wants a cracker to a polygraph poly wants to. This seems a problem for the man that need to think about this type of things. Polly by nirvana and his happy ending lyrics meaning planck. Nirvana wrote some pretty dark songs over the years, but nothing as dark as the story behind polly. In 1987, she was returning from a concert in tacoma, washington when she was abducted by a man named gerald friend. Harvey rowed back to arrange with the cook and disko, who owned the stores, and on his return the cocoatins and crackerbags were counted out by the frenchmans wheel. I will analyze song lyrics and interpret them in a way easier to understand. Polly wants a cracker maybe she would like some food she asks me to untie her a chase would be nice for a few the girl in real life acted like she liked it and when he trusted her she asked him to untie her.
Nabisco originally released the saltine cracker in 1876. Nirvana polly lyrics meaning lyric interpretations. Daniel defoes robinson crusoe named his parrot poll and taught him to speak, and in a much later 1894 childrens version the parrot said polly wants a cracker, cracker. Polly by nirvana and his happy ending lyrics meaning. Bleach is a much more heavy grunge album than its successor. The name polly means great sorrow and is of english origin. A song played by nirvana, and included in the album nevermind. Polly want a cracker is a common saying to parrots, often used in training a parrot to speak. Polly is the 1,420 th most popular name of all time. The real life girl was able to escape by getting the kidnapper to drop his guard. He does not even see her as a person especially one that has needs. After all, polly may want a cracker, but what you really want to know iswas the cracker good. Especially in nirvana songs you cant trap yourself in thinking what the writer had in mind. Polly wolly doodle was written by daniel emmet in the 1800s.
Discover and discuss the meaning of the lyrics of the songs. Polly wants a cracker i think i should get off her first i think she wants some water to put out the blow torch it isnt me we have some seed let me clip your dirty wings let me take a ride dont cut yourself i want some help to please myself ive got some rope you have been told i promise you i have been true let me take a ride dont cut yourself i want some help to please myself polly wants. Polly wolly doodle has its origins as a slave song in the south and is mostly likely a. Polly wants a cracker the power of meaning transfer d. One of the earliest uses of the phrase is in a fake advertisement from the mock newspaper the bunkum flagstaff and independent echo published in 1849 in the knickerbocker magazine. The lines about polly wants a cracker, is a sick pun on the name polly. Often used as a nickname for paula and is considered a name. Meaning to polly song lyrics 16 meanings sydcrow may 14, 2012. So the female forename polly comes from the female forename poll also pall, and was originally a rhyming variant of moll, which is a diminutive of mary. So my interpretation not knowing about the rape would be it is a prisoner that is being interrigated, for information, the first line polly wants a cracker. No one understood why he would want to look inside the mind of such a. Polly wants a cracker maybe she would like some food she asks me to untie her a chase would be nice for a few it isnt me we have some seed let me clip your dirty wings let me take a ride dont. And because, at the time, parrots were a new thing in the world to anyone but incans and mayans, as was the decision on proper names.
You have to think what it meant to you, and there is not only one solution, it can. Polly wants a cracker maybe she would like some food she asked me to untie her a chase would be nice for a few isnt me, have a seed. A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough. The song was originally named hitchhiker which was later changed to cracker, but the final album version became polly. Reportedly, the song was left out because it wasnt consistent with the sound of the band at that time. As a last name polly was the 11,946 th most popular name in 2010 how many people with the first name polly have been born in the united states.
He founded the first troupe of blackface minstrels. His english name is a reference to the stereotypical phrase polly wants a cracker that parrots are often depicted as saying in popular culture. Originally titled hitchhiker and later cracker, polly dates back to at least 1988. Get unsalted crackers, salt is bad for birds health. My guess is that it was in a movie, but am not able to find any reference to it. It comes from polly, the diminutive form of poll, which the oxford english dictionary defines as a female name or the name of a parrot. Polly is the sixth song on nirvanas most succesful album nevermind.
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